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The ­Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association provides liability insurance to doctors, nurses and hospitals unable to get it anywhere else. An examination of Minn. Department of Commerce records and court documents has found that the group has spent at least $32 million over the last decade to...
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This winter, Dr. Richard Golden decided to stop putting off knee surgery and signed up for a new program through Edina, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics. Golden was quoted an upfront price of $21,000 that covered the entire operation — including surgery, medication, post-op recovery and...
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The Mayo Clinic has big plans to join other top-flight medical centers in an expensive fight for well-heeled patients, but it faces a problem: Its sleepy hometown needs a face-lift.
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A Minnesota hospital apologized Wednesday for mishandling a stillborn baby whose body was found in linens that had been sent to an off-site laundry service.
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MINNEAPOLIS—Sanford Health, a South Dakota health system on an acquisition streak, called off merger talks with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services after the deal met resistance from Minnesota officials. Sanford CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft said in a statement that the health system...
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Revenue-cycle management companies face new headaches as they assume more responsibility for the privacy and data security of the protected health information they handle.
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Sanford Health, a South Dakota health system on an acquisition streak, called off merger talks with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services after the deal met resistance from Minnesota officials.
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Minnesota lawmakers are moving to make the potential Sanford Health takeover of Fairview Health Services, including the University of Minnesota’s hospitals, as difficult as possible.
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The new CEO at Accretive Health, the beleaguered revenue-cycle management company, faces the challenging task of moving the company beyond its immediate financial problems and the glare of national publicity stemming from its allegedly aggressive billing collection practices.
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Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, has entered into merger talks with Sanford Health, a rapidly expanding South Dakota health system.
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